Cell Physiology

Question 1

What are the chemicals composition of the cell

Answer 1

Water
Lipids
Proteins
Carbohydrates
Ions

Question 2

What are the 3 major regions of the cell

Answer 2

Nucleus
Cytoplasm
Plasma Membrane

Question 3

_____ is the principal fluid medium of the cell and it is present in most cells, except for _____

Answer 3

Water, Fat cells

Question 4

What is the concentration of water in the cell?

Answer 4

70 to 85 percent

Question 5

Enumerate the important ions in the cell

Answer 5

Potassium, Magnesium, Phosphate, Bicarbonate and smaller quantities of sodium, chloride, and calcium

Question 6

The most abundant substances in most cells are

Answer 6

Proteins

Question 7

It provides inorganic chemical for cellular reaction

Answer 7

Ions

Question 8

Basic unit of the body

Answer 8

Cell

Question 9

What percent of lipids are there in cell mass

Answer 9

2%

Question 10

What percent of proteins are there in cell mass

Answer 10

10-20%

Question 11

It acts as enzymes to control metabolic functions

Answer 11

Functional proteins (globular/enymatic)

Question 12

It forms the cytoskeleton of the cellular organelles

Answer 12

Structural proteins (fibrous)

Question 13

It serves as cell adhesion molecules, carriers, pumps, ion channels, enzymes, and structural function

Answer 13

Proteins

Question 14

It forms the cell membrane and intracellular membrane barriers that separate the cell components

Answer 14

Lipids

Question 15

What percent of carbohydrates are there in cell mass

Answer 15

1%

Question 16

Its major role is to provide nutrition in the cell/ major and immendiate source of energy

Answer 16

Carbohydrates

Question 17

What are the different stuctures of the cell

Answer 17

Nucleus, Nuclear Membrane, Nucleolus, Chromatin, Cytoplasm, and Plasma Membrane

Question 18

What is cytoplasm

Answer 18

the aqueous solution that contains molecules, organelles and inclusion